Govt urges stateless Thais to take DNA test to get citizenship


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BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): The government is calling on Thais who lack an identification card and have no formal nationality to join a DNA test programme to prove their Thai nationality.

Deputy government spokesman Kharom Polpornklang said the Provincial Administration Department has launched a project to test the DNA of stateless Thais so that they could be given ID cards and be eligible for all the rights of Thai citizens.

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